From: Jakub Narębski Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2016 16:02:08 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] difftool: add a skeleton for the upcoming builtin Message-ID: <855b9172-7225-e09e-e46d-87940f9fda75@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Hello, W dniu 28.11.2016 o 18:34, Johannes Schindelin pisze: > My original "create a file in libexec/git-core/" was simple, did the job > reliably, and worked also for testing. > > It is a pity that you two gentlemen shot it down for being inelegant. And > ever since, we try to find a solution that is as simple, works as > reliably, also for testing, *and* appeases your tastes. I just would like to note that existence of file is used for both git-daemon and gitweb (the latter following the git-daemon example). So there is a precedent for the use of this mechanism. Best, -- Jakub Narębski